k10s is a clickable, themeable terminal UI for Kubernetes written in Go with Bubble Tea, designed to make cluster inspection fast and memorable without relying on key mnemonics. It launches as a single binary, reads the same kubeconfig as kubectl, supports an offline demo cluster, and delays API watches until a resource kind is viewed to achieve instant startup. The interface supports mouse clicks, a unified instant search across kinds and objects, a self-update command that atomically replaces the running binary, and a readonly mode. Prebuilt static binaries cover macOS, Linux and Windows (amd64/arm64 where applicable) and the installer verifies SHA256 checksums.
Functionally it exposes about 30 built-in resource kinds plus automatic CRD discovery, grouping and live counts, and a full day‑2 toolkit in clickable panes: describe, live YAML, followable logs (up to 500 lines), interactive exec (raw TTY), SPDY port-forwarding, top/metrics, edit/restart/scale, node cordon/drain and safe delete. K9s-style plugins are supported in the same format and appear alongside built-ins. An integrated AI prompt injects the current context, namespace, kind and selected object into queries (supports OpenAI-compatible and Anthropic backends) and is privacy-conscious about cluster data. Documentation, install scripts, demo usage and plugin examples are included in the repository.
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